1-1 By: Bivins S.B. No. 527
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 13, 1995; February 14, 1995,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
1-4 Relations; April 27, 1995, reported adversely, with favorable
1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0;
1-6 April 27, 1995, sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 527 By: Leedom
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to an automobile allowance paid to certain officers of the
1-11 state or a political subdivision of the state.
1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13 SECTION 1. Section 140.004, Local Government Code, is
1-14 amended to read as follows:
1-15 Sec. 140.004. BUDGETS OF CERTAIN JUVENILE BOARDS AND
1-16 COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND CORRECTIONS <PROBATION> DEPARTMENTS.
1-17 (a) This section applies only to:
1-18 (1) a juvenile board, juvenile probation office, or
1-19 juvenile department established for one or more counties; and
1-20 (2) a community supervision and corrections <an adult
1-21 probation office or> department established for a judicial
1-22 district.
1-23 (b) Before the 45th day before the first day of the fiscal
1-24 year of a county, a juvenile board and a community supervision and
1-25 corrections <probation> department that each have jurisdiction in
1-26 the county shall:
1-27 (1) prepare a budget for the board's or department's
1-28 next fiscal year; and
1-29 (2) hold a meeting to finalize the budget.
1-30 (c) Before the 14th day before the juvenile board or
1-31 community supervision and corrections <probation> department has a
1-32 meeting to finalize its budget, the board or department shall file
1-33 with the commissioners court:
1-34 (1) a copy of the proposed budget; and
1-35 (2) a statement containing the date of the board's or
1-36 department's meeting to finalize its budget.
1-37 (d) Before the later of the 90th day after the last day of
1-38 the juvenile board's or community supervision and corrections
1-39 <probation> department's fiscal year, or the date the county
1-40 auditor's annual report is made to the commissioners court, the
1-41 board or department shall file with the commissioners court a
1-42 complete financial statement of the board or department covering
1-43 the board's or department's preceding fiscal year.
1-44 (e) The financial statement required by Subsection (d) must
1-45 contain any information considered appropriate by the juvenile
1-46 board or community supervision and corrections <probation>
1-47 department and any information required by the commissioners court
1-48 of each county in which the board or department has jurisdiction.
1-49 (f) The budget for a juvenile board or community supervision
1-50 and corrections department may not include an automobile allowance
1-51 for a member of the governing body of the board or department if
1-52 the member holds another state, county, or municipal office. The
1-53 budget may include reimbursement of actual travel expenses,
1-54 including mileage for automobile travel, incurred while the member
1-55 is engaged in the official business of the board or department.
1-56 SECTION 2. Section 391.011, Local Government Code, is
1-57 amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-58 (d) A commission may not expend funds for an automobile
1-59 allowance for a member of the governing body of the commission if
1-60 the member holds another state, county, or municipal office. Funds
1-61 may be expended for reimbursement of actual travel expenses,
1-62 including mileage for automobile travel, incurred while the member
1-63 is engaged in the official business of the commission.
1-64 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
1-65 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-66 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-67 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-68 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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